Thread: Will ninja be STR or DEX based or will there be a new attribute?

The last words from SE were "keep your melee gear for levelling", which most likely precludes a new attribute, and "we have it decided (whether it's STR or DEX), but we may change it," which means it could be STR and stay, could be DEX and stay, or could be either and they could change it last minute.

Originally Posted by Artiste

I believe it gonna be dex, whould be more fair for the loots (Bard is alone on Dex items now), but we dont know yet, SE didn't communicate yet about this (last time they did, they said they didn't know yet what stat they gonna put)

I also believe it'll be dex for that reason and because it doesn't require that much re-wording in tooltips to have dex affect melee strikes. ...but that's my conjecture, and the last official word says right out it was still up in the air at least at the time they said it. One thing I am sure about is that while not perfect, there's discussion that happens about how decisions will affect the game, and I'm not looking forward to a 3rd job added to the STR accessory need list while BRD remains uncontested.

Drg and monk only shair accesories. If they make dex effect physical dps, they don't just have to change the tool tip they have to change the stat and how it works, how damage is calculated using dex for ninja would be different then how it is for bard, since bard is designed with the singing punishment in mind. It much easier on programming to just make it use str.